The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-09-29
Foraker pressed to ne wai,.

Foraker Pressed to lac WALL
Gen. Z b. Finley delivered pow
erful address at Mt. Gilead. on Satur-
day week, in which he presses Foraker
to the wall, and leaves only a grease
spot. We quote from his speech on
the subject of taxing the farmers:
Governor Foraker in his message to
The Legislature under date of April g.,
1856 called attention to the fact that
the expenses OF our State are largely
IN excess of the revenues pledged to
meet them 1n ether words, the State
rs spending more money than she has
revenues, and rs consequence we are
forced to borrow money and pledge
che credit of the state 70 meet these
annual deficiencies. He admits that
ais administration has thus far sold
che bonds of the state to obtain SOU,
uO0 of loan, and anticipated the rev.
nues by borrowing from the county
treasures $250, ,OO0 more in advance of
settlement, and that these sums OF
money together with the annual rev.
eAues have all been spent, and Gen
Powell charges the fact to be and Fo.
raker does Not deny it, that the ex-
penses OF this administration have
exceeded the revenues of the State
more than six hundred thousand dol
lars. Now, fellow citizens, unless we
can increase our revenues in some way
or manage to diminish our expenses,
you can very readily see that it will
Jniy be D question Of time when our
state must uecome bankrupt. We are
advised moreover by Governor Fora
ger that tine candle is being burned
aJ both ends :" that while our eXpens'
es are increasing our sources OF reven-
us are dimlnisning-in other words,
while We are getting LkSS money each
year, we are spending MORE. The
Governor suggests as remedy Tor THIS
that the Legislature ought to provide
at once for having the real estate In
ohio re-appraised, aud in order to
make sure that the farms anu other
real estate shall be appraised at their
luil money value, anu MT at from 25
70 rs per cent of their value as he now
SAYS .hey are, he suggests that the law
,ught 10 provide tor having the ap
praisers appointed instead of elected
because he says Lh.t "ExPERIENCE
HAS TAUGHT US THAE APPRAISERS
ELkCrED BY THE PEOPLE ARE APT To
FAVOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS BY AP
POSSIBLE VALUATION"
The Dsnocratic party is opposed TO
Toraker's plan for raising the wind" /"
We think rirst that the proper remedy
IS to cut down expenses, be ecOnOml-
cal and live within our means, aud we
link The sure way to accomplish this
is to turn the Republican party out OF
power; for it has IN the past two years
oy spending more than nalf million
dollars in excess Of the revenues prov
-u itself incapable of retrenchnent
and economy; and especisliy is this
true rs to Governor Foraker himself,
for it appears from the Auditor oi
States books that in one year OF our
excellent Governors administration
MS personal contingent expenses cost
Tie State of Ohio over Two Thousand
dollars more h sn one year OF Clover
nor HOadIy's. L am advised by the
Auditor OF state that Governor Hoad-
~ when he went out OF oftice left In
net cash In the vaults of the treasu
ry', to the credit of the Governors
contingent fund the sum of $4l4 o3
which came into the hands of Cover
nor Foraker as his successor. That
the Legislature appropriated for Fora.
gers first year the additional sum OF
81 SOV, making $3 .2l403 Ms contin
gent fund tor the use of our Governor,
and that he spent all that and left q
deficiency of p4Ul 81 at the end of his
drst year. We believe, secondly, that
.ne Farmers pay their proportion ol
the taxes, ana that there Ii no demand
for singing out the landed property
for increased taxation in order to raise
money to pay the extravagant and
reckless expenditure of the Republi'
can party in power.